Monday, December 11, 2006

Chicken65 from Fellow Blogs

It might seem that all I cook and eat is typically Bong Food and all others Cuisines are Greek & Latin to me, actually I like Greek and Latin Ameriacn food too and I like all other non Greek food too. Truth is I simply love to eat and try out different restaurants and eat outs.

We also cook a lot of non Bong food, of course the easy ones, but I never chronicle them because there are a lot of source out there on blogs and non blogs from where I and millions other get the recipe. However on many of these occasions I throw in some of my ideas (rotten though they may be) and the result turns out to be something which the originator might not have had in mind. Me on the other hand is unable to re-create the recipe when the need arises as I suffer from mild amnesia.

I don't know if it is with other people too but I have had a loss of memory after my pregnancy, though my husband claims it's just old age, I feel it's the hormones. I can well remember random stuff like my neighbour's daughter's third cousins dog's name but I have to scratch and stress my poor brain to remember the first Ashstarrer, ok it might be because it's better if Ash starrers are forgotten but come on I do need that extra RAM.

So not relying too much on my memory I thought to borrow some server space with Blogger and upload the recipes that might not be Bengali but are eaten and liked at our home.

This is a dish we liked during our stay down south in Bangalore where we were very surprised to find curry leaves in our chicken on our first day of restaurant hopping, but later got used to it :) Do not read further and Go to the above sites to find the authenticate versions.On my part I liked both their recipes and merged them. A quick recap for myself

How I Did It

Marinade the chicken pieces in vinegar, 2 tsp garlic paste, salt, little turmeric powder, little red chilli powder, 1 tsp soya sauce, a sprinkle of corn flour and a dash of sambhar powder (this is what Vee said and boy did I like it) for a couple of hoursHeat OilAdd Mustard seeds, Curry Leaves and finely chopped GarlicIdeally it's good to add chopped green chillies, but I went light on itWhen the spices sputter, add the chicken pieces (pick them up from the marinade and add)Fry till they are brownedCheck to see if they are done, else cover and cook in low heat, no water addedGreat Chicken65 ready in a jiffyEat and thank VKNand Veeand other bloggers who have contributed this recipe.

Trivia: Theory no.1:The story goes that an English traveller visiting Kerala in 1965 asked a chef to make this dish. The traveller expressed his contentment at the result and left, whereupon the bar staff tried the remainders, having never seen anything like it before. The result certainly was good and Chicken 65 was born, there being no other name for it.

Theory no.2:As legend has it, in all the country liquor bars, the favourite ‘food fight’ is: who can eat the maximum number of chillies? It is a symbol of machismo to be able to eat the most chilies. An enterprising hotelier capitalised on this and cooked up the dish Chicken 65, denoting that 65 chillies were used for every kilogram of chicken. Some chefs believe it is called so because of the 65 ingredients used in making it.

Theory no.3:It was the 65th. item on the menu of a restaurant at Palghat

34 comments:

Hi Sandeepa those chicken snaps look so lively as if they are really in front of me. Really simple recipe too! I have heard about chicken 65 and my hubby loves it too but I personally never got chance to taste it. Thanks for posting it :)

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I just cooked this. No vinegar so used yoghurt since Ma sometimes uses that as a marinade. Would it have made a difference? Also added MDH meat masala to the marinade instead of haldi and chilli powder. Chillies yes, sambar powder no. It tastes yum! Can't wait for Anando to try it :) Thanks. And, just curious, what is the role of cornflour in this? I put some, but I'd like to know why...

Hi AnamikaThe way I make it its pretty dry, with vinegar that is easier to attain. With yogurt I always get a gravy but its fine, next time even I will try yogurt :)The sambhar powder gives it the "Down South" taste after all the dish is supposed to be from there. I saw from other blogs that they used sambhar powder and it does give a distinct flavorDid you add the curry leaves ?

Ok, thanks for the cornflour and vinegar etc clarity. And of course I added curry leaves. They're the reason I tried the recipe in the first place! I held them to my nose at the supermarket and was transported back to India! I usually cook aloo with curry leaves, mustard seeds and green chillies...tastes like homely masala dosa filling. Am sure you have tried it. If not, you must!

Hi, Sandeepa, I've been visiting your blog on and off, though to be honest, I haven't tried any of the recipes yet.

The memory loss: I thought I was the only one experiencing things like that.

I used to have a 'photographic' memory - never forgot anything. Even daily events from years back used to be there and I could tell what we did on that particular day in such particular order...I was proud of my sharp memory.

Lately, however, I seem to be racking my brains to remember the tiniest details.

And I'm awful for remembering ingredients: I used to phone my mum for recipes every few days, till I came across the wonderful world of food blogs.

Now, for the first time in my life, I am actually enjoying cooking, and trying out new dishes.

While searching for a different way to cook chicken, I came across mydhaba's recipe. I made this chicken 65 from the mydhaba recipe, but it didn't turn out anywhere near the chicken 65 that we used to order near the college.

Neways, I think I've rambled.

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Predominantly a Bong, who loves being a Mom and loves to cook among other things for the li'l one and the big ones.She loves to write too and you will find her food spiced up with stories. Mainly a collection of Bengali Recipes with other kinds thrown in, in good measure. A Snapshot of Bengali Cuisine